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What we do

Transforming vulnerable children's lives

How we help the world's most vulnerable children

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Our work to help children

Transforming the lives of vulnerable children, thanks to you.

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Respond to emergencies

When war and disasters happen, we respond with immediate relief and long-term rebuilding.

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Protect children most at risk

Speaking out on issues like child marriage, child soldiers, child labour and violence.

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Helping children in poverty

We support communities to tackle the root causes of poverty for lasting change.

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Providing life-saving food

How we're reaching hungry children and families with life-saving food.

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Latest emergencies

Children fleeing conflict or living in the aftermath of disaster urgently need your help.

Protecting children most at risk

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Support child refugees

Child refugees are particularly vulnerable. From Syria to Ukraine, help us to keep them safe.

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Protect girls from child marriage

Where and why child marriage happens, and how we're working with communities to end it.

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Fight the practice of child labour

Keeping children out of hazardous work through education and support.

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Stop child soldier recruitment

Tackling the root causes that lead to children becoming child soldiers.

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Ending violence against women and girls

Offering girls and women the protection they need

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Ending female genital mutilation

Working with communities to end FGM.

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Our period poverty work with Amika George

Learn about our programmes to end period poverty for all girls.

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Standing up for children's rights

How children's rights are threatened, and how you can help to protect and empower children

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Protect children facing climate change

Supporting communities to be more resilient to the effects of climate change.

How, where and who we work with

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Our success stories

Lives transformed forever, with your help.

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Child-focused, community-led and faith-based. How we work and how to get involved.

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We go where others don’t, where the need is greatest. Learn about where we work and why.

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Who we partner with to ensure the greatest possible impact on the lives of children.

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The difference we make in emergencies

Some of our recent successes helping communities respond when disasters strike.

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About Child Sponsorship

Everything you may want to know. How it works, what to expect, the difference you can make.

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How faith impacts our work

Learn how faith supports our work to transform children's lives.

Reports, publications, news and stories

Impact report 2022 front cover

The depth and breadth of progress being made to transform the lives of vulnerable children.

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Successes and challenges in our mission to transform the lives of vulnerable children.

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Latest publications

Dive deeper into our work and its impact through our detailed reports and publications.

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News and stories

The latest updates about the children we support, and supporters like you who make it possible.

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